Comments on: Cashless Convenience http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/05/cashless_convenience/ Nerds are for Dorks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:14:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jack http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/05/cashless_convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-27722 Jack Fri, 02 Jun 2006 02:50:35 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3020#comment-27722 Retro. This entry is just bizarre to European eyes - we stick our card in the machine at the till, key in our PIN and... that's it. Unless we want cashback, in which case we tell the cashier the amount of paper currency we want, verify it, then key in the PIN, then the cashier gives us the notes. Retro. This entry is just bizarre to European eyes – we stick our card in the machine at the till, key in our PIN and… that’s it. Unless we want cashback, in which case we tell the cashier the amount of paper currency we want, verify it, then key in the PIN, then the cashier gives us the notes.

]]> By: Conglacio http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/05/cashless_convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-27721 Conglacio Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:04:33 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3020#comment-27721 In England no shop that takes any kind of card requires stuff to be typed in. (except the pin code, of using a chip&pin card) In England no shop that takes any kind of card requires stuff to be typed in. (except the pin code, of using a chip&pin card)

]]> By: ScottyWH http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/05/cashless_convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-27720 ScottyWH Tue, 30 May 2006 14:18:35 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3020#comment-27720 yep... in 99% of the US debit cards are MUCH faster than cash at POS terminals yep… in 99% of the US debit cards are MUCH faster than cash at POS terminals

]]> By: J78:jonathan http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/05/cashless_convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-27719 J78:jonathan Tue, 30 May 2006 08:57:13 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3020#comment-27719 tofuComputer is sure right about that ... tofuComputer is sure right about that …

]]> By: tofuComputer http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/05/cashless_convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-27718 tofuComputer Tue, 30 May 2006 06:49:38 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3020#comment-27718 Perhaps the writer lives in Japan. For all the modern conveniences and wonderful technologies the country has to offer, it's still a wonder how some of the simplest things are still not common there. Perhaps the writer lives in Japan. For all the modern conveniences and wonderful technologies the country has to offer, it’s still a wonder how some of the simplest things are still not common there.

]]> By: jangelo http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/05/cashless_convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-27717 jangelo Mon, 29 May 2006 23:15:12 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3020#comment-27717 More like 1985 (don't you just love <em>Back to the Future</em>? :P ) Some stores here have the card swipers at the register, some don't. But we haven't gotten to switching to self-serve terminals. More like 1985 (don’t you just love Back to the Future? :P )

Some stores here have the card swipers at the register, some don’t. But we haven’t gotten to switching to self-serve terminals.

]]> By: Tom http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/05/cashless_convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-27716 Tom Mon, 29 May 2006 23:07:20 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3020#comment-27716 Is this neighborhood grocery in 1987? I live in a moderate sized town and even the neighborhood grocery has switched to terminals where the card holder swipes their own card at the register and thing proceed in an automated fashion from there. Is this neighborhood grocery in 1987? I live in a moderate sized town and even the neighborhood grocery has switched to terminals where the card holder swipes their own card at the register and thing proceed in an automated fashion from there.

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